decepissent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decipio, decipere, decepi, deceptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cheat/deceive/mislead/dupe/trap; elude/escape notice; disappoint/frustrate/foil;
pl. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...evenisse. AMP. At ego etiam, qui speraverint spem decepisse multos. TRACH. Ergo animus aequos optimum est aerumnae condimentum..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...petendi, quem nisi obtinet in senatu, vereor ne decepisse Caesarem videar. Proinde adnitendum est mihi, ut talem..."